Neurosurgery Watch

Stay up to date with the latest clinical findings in Neurosurgery Watch. Each month, our panel identifies and summarizes key points of selected significant papers from over 50 journals. We emphasize the most significant findings that potentially change clinical management or treatment of neurological diseases.

Our understanding of the natural history of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) has been limited by studies with short follow-up. Long-term studies are essential for critically evaluating the role of intervention. Juvela and colleagues followed 142 patients with 181 UIA until...

The Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for the Prevention of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke (SAMMPRIS), a randomized controlled trial comparing angioplasty and stenting versus medical management for intracranial arterial stenosis, was stopped early due a high 30 day stroke or death...

With the emphasis on reducing time from ‘last known normal’ to recanalization, acute stroke therapy requires rapid, accurate diagnosis for treatment decision-making. The authors reviewed 850 stroke thrombolysis patients in a single institution, separated into two groups: the earlier protocol...

Cavernous sinus meningiomas are increasingly treated with stereotactic radiosurgery alone or combined with surgical resection of tumor external to the cavernous sinus. From the University of Pittsburgh, Kano et al reported one of the largest series of cavernous sinus meningiomas...